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The fees quoted above are fully inclusive of tuition, administration and computational costs.

Fees for entry are subject to yearly review. The University reserves the right to increase your tuition fee by up to 7% each year for courses lasting more than one year, including to reflect rising costs associated with delivering our educational and wider student experience. Postgraduate fees information .

Always contact the admissions team if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.

International student CAS deposit

Self-funded international applicants are required to pay a deposit of £2500 towards their tuition fees before a confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS) is issued. Some applicants will be required to pay a higher deposit. More information on tuition fee deposits .

We know that student finance can be complicated. The links below provide further information to help guide you.

• Learn more about - student finance options for UK students .
• Learn more about - fees and finance for international students .
• Graduates of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and Manchester Metropolitan University can receive a 10% discount on their master's degree tuition fees as part of our Manchester Alumni Loyalty Discount scheme.

We normally expect students to have a First or Upper Second class honours degree or its overseas equivalent in a humanities-based subject area.

An overall grade of 7.0 in IELTS with 7.0 in writing an no skill below 6.5 is required or 100+ in the TOEFL iBT with a minimum writing score of 25 and no skill below 22.

If you have obtained a different qualification, please check our   to ensure that it is accepted and equivalent to the above requirements.

Some English Language test results are only valid for two years. Your English Language test report must be valid on the start date of the course.

Applications are mainly considered on the basis of an assessment of past and predicted academic achievements, the academic reference(s) and any other supplementary evidence that supports the application. Once we have an application that is ready for a decision, the admissions tutor (often the Programme Director) will relay the decision to the admissions team, who will send you this decision.

Please note that your application is usually received by the School 24 to 48 hours after the time you submit it. If you have not provided documentation that allows the admissions tutor to make a decision, we will contact you.

We accept a range of qualifications from different countries that equate to a UK 2.1. For these and general requirements including English language see  .

If English is not your first language, please provide us with evidence of: 

• an overall grade 7.0 (with a minimum writing score of 7)in IELTS; or
• 100+ in the IBT Internet-based TOEFL).

The other language tests we accept can be found here:

Exceptions to needing a language test (if English is NOT your first language) are:

• if you have successfully completed an academic qualification deemed by UK NARIC as equivalent to at least a UK Bachelors Degree or higher from one of the following countries:

Antigua & Barbuda; Australia; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Dominica; Grenada; Guyana; Ireland; Jamaica; New Zealand; St Kitts and Nevis; St Lucia; St Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; UK; USA.

A master’s degree is formed of 180 credits.

120 of these credits are made up by a mix of mandatory and optional course units, with 60 credits taken in each semester.

The availability of individual course units may be subject to change. Information that is sent to you in August about registration onto the course will clearly state the course units that are available in the academic year ahead.

The remaining 60 credits are awarded through a compulsory research component in the form of a dissertation. Your dissertation must be within the area of one of the course units you have chosen and you will be assigned an academic dissertation-advisor who is experienced in your chosen field.

Core units

Across both semesters, you will study a range of core course units, which will lay the groundwork for your coursework, as well as preparing you to think about your dissertation.

The core units address questions that are at the heart of modern languages and cultures, and will give you conceptual tools relevant to all of the additional course units offered. The core units are:

• Research Training in Modern Languages
• Theories and Methods in Modern Languages

Optional units

Across both semesters, you will have the opportunity to study from a broad range of 15-credit units taken from across Modern Languages and Cultures. This includes provision in:

• Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies
• Chinese
• French Studies
• German Studies
• Italian Studies
• Japanese Studies
• Russian and East European Studies
• Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies.

You will also have the opportunity to select a 15-credit directed reading unit in each semester, which allows you to work on a specific area of focus and develop your own interest with the support of an academic supervisor

The list of units on offer will be updated annually. You can also choose up to 30 credits' worth of units from another MA course as part of your optional units, subject to the approval of the Programme Director.

Dissertation

You will write a 12,000-word dissertation, worth 60 credits, supervised by an academic member of staff. The focus of the dissertation will be developed during individual supervision meetings. The dissertation is generally due in early September of the following year (for full-time students).

For information on available funding, please visit or search the University's postgraduate funding database .

Practical support and advice for current students and applicants is available from the Disability Advisory and Support Service. Email: dass@manchester.ac.uk